PROVO, Utah— BYU women’s basketball head coach Jeff Judkins was honored by the Days of ’47 Board of Trustees with one of six prestigious Pioneers of Progress awards. Judkins received the sportsmanship and athletics award.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced BYU quarterback Taysom Hill as one of the fifty “players to watch” for its 2015 Player of the Year award, the nation’s fourth-oldest individual college football accolade.

Hill has been already been named to 2015 watch lists for the Maxwell Award, Davey O'Brien Award and Wuerffel Trophy. The 6-foot-2, 232-pound senior has also been named a 2015 Phil Steele Preseason All-Independent selection.

DALLAS - The PwC SMU Athletic Forum announced BYU running back Jamaal Williams as one of its preseason candidates for the 2015 Doak Walker Award Thursday. The award is presented annually to the nation’s top college running back.

FORT WORTH, Texas – The Davey O’Brien Foundation announced BYU quarterback Taysom Hill has been named to the 2015 Davey O’Brien National Quarterback Award Watch List Thursday, a group that includes two dozen of the nation’s top college quarterbacks.

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - BYU wide receiver Mitch Mathews has been named to the 2015 Biletnikoff Award Watch List by the Tallahassee Quarterback Club (TQC) Foundation, Inc., recognizing the most outstanding receiver in college football.